https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Non-EU nationals living in Europe don't have many voting rights but some countries do allow them to cast a ballot in local elections. Here's what you need to know. https://www.thelocal.it/20220218/explained-where-in-europe-can-non-eu-foreigners-vote-in-local-elections Fri, 18 Feb 2022 12:40:39 +0100 explained-where-in-europe-can-non-eu-foreigners-vote-in-local-elections Tuesday, June 18th is the deadline for Brits to register to vote in the UK's general election, but there are other measures you can take to make sure your vote gets to the ballot box on time. https://www.thelocal.it/20240618/deadline-day-what-brits-in-europe-can-do-to-make-sure-they-vote-in-uk-election Tue, 18 Jun 2024 10:59:05 +0200 deadline-day-what-brits-in-europe-can-do-to-make-sure-they-vote-in-uk-election The UK will go to the polls on July 4th, but there are a few important dates for Brits abroad to keep track of if they want to make sure their vote will be counted. https://www.thelocal.it/20240604/the-key-deadlines-brits-in-europe-need-to-know-to-vote-in-the-uk-election Tue, 04 Jun 2024 19:05:48 +0200 the-key-deadlines-brits-in-europe-need-to-know-to-vote-in-the-uk-election As primary elections hot up across the United States, here's everything Americans in Europe need to know about voting from overseas. https://www.thelocal.it/20240115/how-americans-in-europe-can-vote-in-the-us-primary-elections Mon, 15 Jan 2024 14:57:03 +0100 how-americans-in-europe-can-vote-in-the-us-primary-elections The UK has changed its rules on overseas voting, meaning that thousands of Brits living in Europe will be eligible to vote in the next general election - and voter registration opens on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20240115/uk-to-open-voter-registration-for-brits-in-europe-as-15-year-rule-finally-ends Mon, 15 Jan 2024 17:44:18 +0100 uk-to-open-voter-registration-for-brits-in-europe-as-15-year-rule-finally-ends With former Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi threatening to bring down the coalition government, does a snap election in 2021 really look likely? https://www.thelocal.it/20210105/early-elections-or-waste-of-time-heres-what-italys-latest-political-crisis-means Tue, 05 Jan 2021 14:26:41 +0100 early-elections-or-waste-of-time-heres-what-italys-latest-political-crisis-means Italy's right took three more seats, meaning it now rules 15 out of the 20 Italian regions. But it wasn't able to snatch Tuscany despite a hard-fought battle. https://www.thelocal.it/20200922/election-results-italys-government-boosted-as-the-right-fails-to-take-tuscany-in-key-vote Tue, 22 Sep 2020 12:06:43 +0200 election-results-italys-government-boosted-as-the-right-fails-to-take-tuscany-in-key-vote Ballots were cast nationwide for a referendum on cutting parliament numbers, which passed easily with alost 70 percent voting in favour. https://www.thelocal.it/20200921/italians-vote-in-favour-of-slashing-number-of-mps-in-referendum Mon, 21 Sep 2020 17:53:37 +0200 italians-vote-in-favour-of-slashing-number-of-mps-in-referendum Seven Italian regions go to the polls for regional elections on Sunday and Monday. But the close-run vote in Tuscany could decide the course of the country's political future. https://www.thelocal.it/20200918/why-the-rest-of-italy-is-watching-tuscanys-regional-elections-closely Fri, 18 Sep 2020 12:28:02 +0200 why-the-rest-of-italy-is-watching-tuscanys-regional-elections-closely Italy's populist leader Matteo Salvini failed to win a key regional election and topple the country's fragile coalition government, official results showed on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20200127/italy-emilia-romagna-regional-vote Mon, 27 Jan 2020 09:33:05 +0100 italy-emilia-romagna-regional-vote Italy took a step closer to early elections today, after PM Giuseppe Conte announced his resignation as the political crisis came to a head. https://www.thelocal.it/20190820/italian-pm-conte-slams-irresponsible-salvini-before-offering-his-resignation Tue, 20 Aug 2019 17:45:21 +0200 italian-pm-conte-slams-irresponsible-salvini-before-offering-his-resignation The fate of Italy's government is to be decided on Tuesday with Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte expected to resign after almost two weeks of political turmoil. https://www.thelocal.it/20190820/d-day-for-italian-government-as-pm-conte-expected-to-resign Tue, 20 Aug 2019 11:45:41 +0200 d-day-for-italian-government-as-pm-conte-expected-to-resign The League party's demands for an early election aren't being met, as a rowdy Italian Senate on Tuesday rejected the call for a swift no-confidence vote. https://www.thelocal.it/20190814/chaotic-italian-senate-session-rejects-salvinis-call-for-no-confidence-vote Wed, 14 Aug 2019 10:44:31 +0200 chaotic-italian-senate-session-rejects-salvinis-call-for-no-confidence-vote After the League party withdrew support for the government it is part of, Italian senators have been called back from their summer holidays to decide whether to hold a no-cnfidence vote. https://www.thelocal.it/20190812/italys-senate-to-decide-on-early-elections-today Mon, 12 Aug 2019 11:26:42 +0200 italys-senate-to-decide-on-early-elections-today A centre-right coalition led by Italy's nationalist League won an extra seven cities in mayoral elections on Sunday, including strongholds of the left that elected their first rightwing mayor in more than half a century. https://www.thelocal.it/20190610/italy-mayoral-election-results-right-claims-leftwing-cities Mon, 10 Jun 2019 13:04:57 +0200 italy-mayoral-election-results-right-claims-leftwing-cities A candidate for Italy's governing League party running in the Basilicata regional elections has come under fire after footage emerged of her shouting “I’m a fascist” to a crowd of onlookers at a rally in the southern town of Melfi on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190320/league-candidate-shouts-im-a-fascist-at-basilicata-rally Wed, 20 Mar 2019 11:25:00 +0100 league-candidate-shouts-im-a-fascist-at-basilicata-rally One half of Italy's government trounced the other in Abruzzo and Sardinia. It's a sign which way the wind is blowing nationwide, writes Davide Vampa, lecturer in politics at Aston University. https://www.thelocal.it/20190228/analysis-salvini-league-in-charge-italy-local-elections Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:21:13 +0100 analysis-salvini-league-in-charge-italy-local-elections There was another local election win for Italy's right-wing bloc as the results of Sunday's vote in Sardinia were announced today. https://www.thelocal.it/20190226/right-wing-triumphs-in-sardinias-local-elections Tue, 26 Feb 2019 10:54:29 +0100 right-wing-triumphs-in-sardinias-local-elections The head of Italy's anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) said on Friday it was joining forces at the upcoming Brussels elections with four other parties to offer an alternative to traditional politics. https://www.thelocal.it/20190215/italys-m5s-forms-new-populist-bloc-eu-elections Fri, 15 Feb 2019 18:57:12 +0100 italys-m5s-forms-new-populist-bloc-eu-elections Italy's coalition government remains divided over the crisis in Venezuela, making it one of the few EU countries not to have backed opposition leader Juan Guaido. https://www.thelocal.it/20190212/salvini-calls-guaido-after-meeting-venezuela-delegation Tue, 12 Feb 2019 11:11:35 +0100 salvini-calls-guaido-after-meeting-venezuela-delegation